Improvement in portable fences



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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES SCOOLIDGE AND JOSEPH A. ROLLINS, OF JERSEY-MILLS, PA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE FENCES.

Specification form/ng part of Letters Patent N0. 85,285, elated December' 29, 1868.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, C. S. CooLIDGE and J. A. RoLLINs, of Jersey Mills, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Fences; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying'drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of our improved fence. Fig. 2 is a section of thev same through the linea' ce, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is atop view of the fence.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

Our invention relates to portable fences, and consists chiey in the manner ot' joining the panels to the uprights or posts, as will be better understood by referring to the drawings.

The posts or uprights are usually a short piece of plank, A, affixed to a crosspiece or foot, B, and have their upper ends cut out in the form of a square notch, as shown at a a, Fig. 2.

A lateral notch is also cut in the posts at any suitable distance above the foot B. The contour of this second notch is shown by the full and dotted lines b b b b b. These notches afford seats for the projecting ends of two of the boards of the panels, which projecting ends are notched upward from their under edges, as shown at d.

The ends of boards O of each panel project as shown, and also the ends ot' some one of the lower boards, as D, project, and are notched in the same manner as the upper planks.

The notches in the boards C and D enable them to sit rmly in the notches in the posts, and prevent any longitudinaldisplacement of the panels.

The notched ends of the corresponding boards of any two adjacent panels are seated in the same notch of the post, the projecting ends being arranged side by side in contact,

thus nearly lling the notch in the post, and

. the crossin g panel which is madelike the others.

The boards G and D are cut down with vertical notchesfrom their upper edges for the notched ends of the corresponding boards of the crossing panel to rest in.

A button, G', similar to that lirst described, is pivoted to the next board above the board D, and its lower end holds the projecting end ofthe board D of the crossing panel firmly in place. When the fence is to be taken down the buttons are turned away, and the panels lil'ted out. The fence can then be loaded on a wagon and transported to another site, and set up quickly and easily if desired.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The post A, when provided with the upper notch a a, and side notch b b b b b, in combination with the ends of the rails C D, and the button G, arranged as specified.

CHAS. S. COOLIDGE.` J OS. A. ROLLINS. 

